Liu Xin then remembered that due to limitations of productivity levels and natural conditions, well salt had not been mined at that time. Salt was mainly sea salt produced in the Huaihe and Huaihe regions. It was transported thousands of miles to Zangke, and the price was naturally high. In this way, living in a mountainous area
, buying salt is a huge expense for barbarian people who are not very wealthy, so it is not surprising that they are reluctant to use it more.
Seeing Liu Xin's silence, Zhu Rong asked anxiously: "Brother, does it mean you don't like eating it because it's not sprinkled with salt? Then I'll go ask them for some salt and bake it again."
Liu Xin stopped her with a smile and said: "No, it's good like this. In the future, I can tell the people of your tribe that you don't have to worry about the salt problem. Now that the three counties in Jiangdong have joined us, we will have our own salt field soon.
Then the salt will be sold cheaper."
Due to the living environment and technical reasons of the barbarian people, salt and iron have always been two major problems that have troubled their development. Although the imperial court did not implement monopoly control over the salt and iron trade, these two businesses were still controlled by a small number of nobles.
In the hands of the aristocratic family, it has brought a heavy burden to the people of the barbarians and other ethnic minorities.
At this time, Liu Xin had begun to consider implementing a monopoly system on some items. Salt and iron were naturally his first choices. In the future, he would also consider adding tea, silk and porcelain. By implementing a monopoly, stable tax revenue could be guaranteed and prices could be stabilized.
The most important thing is that Liu Xin wanted to prevent tea making, porcelain making, paper making, and silkworm raising, which were considered the most advanced technologies in the world at the time, from being leaked.
Hearing that the barbarian people could buy salt at a cheap price in the future, Zhu Rong was so happy that he stretched out the whole roast chicken in front of Liu Xin and said, "Brother, you are so kind to us barbarian people. This chicken
All for you to eat."
Seeing Zhu Rong's generous appearance, Liu Xin couldn't help but feel that this little girl was quite innocent and cute, and she was kind-hearted. It would be a good thing to marry her back home, but the age gap seemed a bit big, so it wouldn't be a bad thing.
I know what those eighty-year-old men think when facing an eighteen-year-old girl, why can't I pass this test?
This golden pheasant is very fat, and Liu Xin doesn't like eating greasy things very much. He looked at the chicken drumstick in his hand and said with a smile: "There are so many of them. You should keep them for yourself. If you can't eat them, just eat them."
Just give it to your sisters."
Liu Xin didn't know that if he really took over the roast chicken, Zhu Rong would put him on the fire to roast it. In fact, Zhu Rong regretted what he said just now, but he had already handed the roast chicken out and took it away.
It was a bit embarrassing to come back. When she was in a dilemma, she suddenly heard Liu Xin's excuse. Zhu Rong felt relieved and hurriedly retracted his hand, not willing to share it with her cousins.
Suddenly I heard an angry shout: "Get out of the way quickly, you can't afford it if we miss a major military incident!"
Then I heard a young female voice saying tit for tat: "You are not allowed to go over! My sister is discussing important matters with the master. No one can interrupt. No matter how important the military situation is, we have to wait for it to be discussed!"
Hearing the noise, Liu Xin realized that at some point, the soldiers around him were far away.
Xun Sheng looked around and saw Wenpin with an anxious look on his face, angrily confronting an eleven or twelve-year-old girl. That girl was the youngest of Zhu Rong's four cousins, named Zhu Yu. Facing the majestic
General Wen, the little girl was not afraid at all. She held out her flat chest, opened her slender arms, and refused to give in. Although Wen Pin had martial arts, it was not easy to use it on such a little girl, let alone the person she was serving.
The eldest lady seemed to have a very unusual relationship with Liu Xin. Wenpin was so anxious that he was jumping around, scratching his head and ears, but there was nothing he could do.
Liu Xin looked around again and saw that Zhu Rong's other three cousins were also domineering, with their hands on their hips, guarding their territory like female leopards. Liu Xin's face suddenly darkened, and her fingers were on Zhu Rong's forehead.
He nodded hard and scolded: "Nonsense!"
Zhu Rong's face was full of grievances, his mouth was pouted, and he shouted at Zhu Yu as he walked: "What nonsense! Why don't you invite General Wen over!"
Wenpin glared at Zhu Yu fiercely, walked over quickly, raised his hands and said: "My lord, we just received urgent military information from the front. Meng Huo also came from the barbarian tribes in the two counties of Yuexi and Yizhou.
Twenty thousand barbarians were mobilized. Now, the number of barbarians gathered at the border has reached 140,000. Including the Han soldiers of Yong Kai and others, the total force has reached 180,000. The enemy's force is strong, please
The Lord decides!"
"Hahahaha, they came just in time!" Liu Xin clapped her hands and laughed, "Meng Huo heard that I was coming, so he was really desperate. Is he going to push the entire Central and South barbarians into despair? Amei, do you know..."
Liu Xing just wanted to ask Zhu Rong how powerful the various barbarian tribes in the four central and southern counties were, but found that she was no longer nearby. Liu Xin remembered that she had been angry just now, and her actions seemed a bit harsh. Could it be that Zhu Rong couldn't bear the grievance and didn't want to deal with it anymore?
Did he? If that were the case, it would have saved him a lot of thought.
However, when she thought that Zhu Rong was really going to leave him, Liu Xin felt a little empty in her heart. She couldn't help but raise her head and look around, and found that Zhu Rong was standing far away from her four cousins.
On one side, but too far away, I don't know what they are talking about.
Liu Xin shook her head and continued to say to Wenpin: "Send a fast horse to inform Zilong that if evil comes, they will not be able to get out. Let's see what other methods Meng Huo can use."
Wenpin promised, turned around and left.
Liu Xin sat down again, picked up the chicken leg and put it to his mouth, but he was a little heartless and couldn't take the bite. He saw a flash of red shadow, Zhu Rong appeared in front of him in a hurry, I'm sorry
He said: "Brother, they are young and ignorant. I have already taught them a lesson, so please don't be angry."
It turns out that what happened just now has nothing to do with Zhu Rong. Zhu Yan and Zhu Yu were not assigned by Zhu Rong to guard the four directions.
Barbarian women mature early, and even a girl like Zhu Yu, who is eleven or twelve years old, is half-understood about the relationship between men and women. These four women were selected by Zhu Ding from the tribe to be Zhu Rong's dowry
.They have also heard about some customs of the Han people. If Zhu Rong can really marry Liu Xin as a dowry girl, then Liu Xin will be their man in the future.
These four girls are as big as little devils. After living in the Zhoumu Mansion these days, I saw that not only Liu Xin's wives were extraordinary in talent and beauty, but also the maids in the mansion were all charming and clever, and their sister was very carefree.
How could he defeat them without any scheming? They had heard many stories of intrigues and intrigues in the backyards of wealthy Han families. If Zhu Rong could not gain Liu Xin's favor, their lives would not be easy in the future.
Several little girls discovered that during this expedition to Central and South China, only their elder sister was accompanying them. The other ladies did not come out. Even the four pretty maids Liu Xin brought back from Chang'an also stayed in the house. This was a once-in-a-lifetime event.
It was a good opportunity for Sister A and Liu Xin to be alone. As long as Sister A was happy, their "sexual happiness" would be guaranteed. Seeing Zhu Rong and Liu Xin chatting happily, Zhu Yan and others gathered together and
They drove the soldiers far away, and each man guarded one direction, and stood guard for Zhu Rong and Liu Xin to "love" each other.
Although Zhu Rong didn't have much scheming, he was still measured in major matters, and he knew that the military situation could not be delayed. He could understand why Liu Xin was angry. It was a good result that he did not drive him home on the spot.
But this matter really had nothing to do with her. Zhu Rong had suffered such great grievances, so he naturally wanted to settle accounts with Zhu Yan and the others. He had to scold them a few times, and even gave them a big blow.
Zhu Rong was very powerful and showed no mercy in his attacks. The four little girls were rubbing their heads with frowns and grins, and a big bump had formed in the place where Zhu Rong had cut them.
Zhu Rong still couldn't understand his hatred, and all his resentment was directed at the roasted chicken. As he walked back, he bit into it hard. When she came to Liu Xin, only half of the chicken leg was left, and her anger was gone.
After more than half of it, he apologized to Liu Xin.
Liu Xin believes that Zhu Rong is not a woman who likes to play tricks on her. Since Zhu Rong said it was not her instigation, this matter probably has nothing to do with her. Liu Xin saw that the spot on Zhu Rong's forehead that he had just clicked was full.
It was greasy and slightly red. I embarrassedly took out the sweat towel, wiped it for her, and said, "I wrongly blamed you just now, don't take it to heart."
No matter how strong Zhu Rong is, she is still a girl, and she also has a weak side. When she heard the word "wrong", she felt aggrieved again. When her nose became sore, the broken pearls fell out "pat, pat".
Come down.
Liu Xin hated seeing women shed tears. She wanted to comfort her, but was afraid that she would be too affectionate and make her fall into too deep a trap. So she could only turn a blind eye and deliberately looked into the distance and said, "There was indeed an emergency military situation just now. Why?"
It’s a joke, I won’t treat them this time, and I won’t do it again! Meng Huo..."
Zhu Rong suddenly held back his tears and asked repeatedly: "What happened to Meng Huo?"
Liu Xin looked at Zhu Rong in surprise, wondering why she was so nervous.
Zhu Rong felt hot when he saw him, lowered his head and said, "I'm worried that Meng Huo will be raped by someone else..."
The sound became lower and lower, and gradually became inaudible.
Liu Xin didn't think much about it, and continued to look ahead and said: "Meng Huo has transferred another 40,000 barbarian troops from Central and South China. I wonder how many barbarian tribes there are in Central and South China. How many more troops can he mobilize?"
When Zhu Rong heard that Meng Huo was not dead, he felt relieved, thought for a while, and said: "There are many barbarian tribes in the four counties of Central and South China. Any young and strong man can become a warrior. If we add them all up, there will be about 200,000 of them.
But these barbarian tribes were not controlled by Meng Huo.
He must have promised those tribes some benefits before they were willing to send troops to help him. It's just that these chiefs have taken out all the young and strong men. If they are defeated, only the old, weak, women and children will be left in the tribe. How will they live in the future? Brother,